Synonym for paratenic host ... An intermediate host in which no development of the parasite occurs, although its presence may be required as an essential link in the completion of the parasite's life cycle; e.g., the successive fish host's that carry the plerocercoid of Diphyllobothrium latum, the broad fish tapeworm, to larger food fish eventually...
An organism which transports a pathogenic micro-organism to which it is not susceptible; also, a mechanical vector.
Type: Term Synonyms: paratenic host
An animal in which part of the immature phase of a parasite's life cycle is spent, but no development occurs.